Planking: The New Thing To Do Down Under

Planking is the new social media rage where people lie on their stomach, like a plank, on the most imaginative of places and post their photos on Facebook. Here are some photos from a group called the Brisbane Planking Association.

This 3 year old starts young, planking on her play table

Planking 9 to 5. How to spend your office coffee break

Think riding shotgun is fun? Try boot planking

Iguazu Falls are beautiful. Especially if your planking right in front of it!

International engineer plank. Look, no hands!

Too drunk to drive. How about planking on the bar table?

I'm The King of the World, only horizontal

Planking in mid air. Now that takes some serious concentration.

We've all been there, planked in front of the doctor

Normandy plank: wonder why she hasn't fallen yet?

Planked in the office toilet. There must be an easier way to skive off work

Planked on your child's car. All the better for daddy to keep an eye on his little girl

All aboard. Climb the plank and drop in the river.

Tired of shopping? How about planking in the cart?

Knocked out and planked on the kids' slide.

No space to sit on the subway? Now travel planked on the floor